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Tamil political parties call for public strike action in North-East to demand release of political prisoners

The Tamil National Alliance and the Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) have called for hartals in Jaffna, Killinochchi and Vavuniya on Friday November 13 to demand for the release of Tamil political prisoners.

The TNPF leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam called for the shutting down of all shops, schools, universities and higher education institutions in Jaffna and Killinochchi a statement calling for the strike action.

The TNA on Sunday, called for a hartal in Vavuniya to demand the release of Tamil political prisoners who were meant to have been released on Saturday.

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